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21 March, 2023  // In Jan-Feb 2023, according to the General Administration of Customs of China, Russia became the leader in oil supplies to China - 15.68 mil tons (1.94 mil barrels/day), 23.8% more than in Jan-Feb 2022 (1.57 mil barrels/day). In total, in 2023, China may increase imports of Russian oil to 2.2-2.5 mil barrels/day.

5 March, 2023  // In Jan-Feb 2023, according to Bloomberg, wheat exports from Russia almost doubled (+90%) compared to Jan-Feb 2022 and reached a volume of 6.1 million tons. At the end of 2022, Russian grain regained its competitive advantages. It is likely that shippers have overcome the financing and insurance problems caused by the sanctions.

11 February, 2023  // In 2022, according to preliminary data from Rosstat, the natural decline in the population of Russia (the excess of the number of deaths over the number of births) amounted to 599.6 thousand people, which is 42.5% lower than in 2021 (1.04 million), and also less than in 2020 (702 thousand).

2 February, 2023  // In 2023, defense spending in Russia will increase to 5 trillion rubles or about 70 billion USD (17% of total spending) compared to 3.5 trillion originally planned in 2021; security and law enforcement - 4.4 trillion (15%), originally - 3 trillion; social spending - 7.3 trillion (25%).

14 January, 2023  // In 2022, according to Rosstat, inflation in Russia was 11.94%. The prices of detergents and cleaning products increased by 29.8%, electrical goods - 15.3%, medicines - 10.8%. In general, non-food products rose in price by 12.7%, services - by 13.2%, food - by 10.6% (dairy products - 15.2%, fish and seafood - 14.0%).

10 January, 2023  // In 2022, according to the Russian Ministry of Finance, total federal budget revenues amounted to 27.77 trillion rubles (about 397 billion USD), expenditures - 31.11 trillion (444 billion USD), deficit - 3.34 trillion (48 billion USD, 2.3% of GDP) - one of the largest in the history of the country. The deficit was larger only in the pandemic 2020 - 4.1 trillion.

21 December, 2022  // From Jan to Nov 2022, according to the General Administration of Customs of China, the volume of funds received by Russia for the supply of pipeline natural gas to China increased by 177% year-on-year ($3.5 billion), liquefied natural gas - by 150% ($6.1 billion). Russia also ranks first in oil exports to China, which grew by 50% ($54.5 billion).

24 November, 2022  // In 10 months of 2022, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the number of crimes involving weapons, ammunition, explosives, and explosive or imitating devices increased by 29.7% year-on-year, to about 5,000 cases. The leading regions are Kursk (+675%) and Belgorod oblasts (+213%) bordering Ukraine, as well as Moscow (+203%).

28 October, 2022  // In Q1-Q3 2022, according to the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies, Russians purchased 8.4 million packs of antidepressants (48% more than in the same period in 2021) and 108 million packs of sedatives (+44%). Earlier, the foundation "Public Opinion" reported that about 70% of Russians feel anxious.

4 October, 2022  // In Russia, for the first time, a decrease in mobile internet traffic was recorded. In Q1 2022, traffic was 8.54 billion GB, and in Q2 2022 - 8.35 billion GB. This is due to the blocking of a number of sites, the refusal of some foreign services to work in Russia, and the rise in prices for mobile internet.

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